It was just another ordinary day. I had finished my class and stood at the turning point of the road. My much criticised wandering eyes drifted towards the bookstall (I love reading). I just casually picked up a magazine called MoneyLIFE. I didn’t know what was in store. It was the 6-20 December issue of MoneyLIFE. The casual reading mood at the beginning started transitioning into a serious...

I used to hold a credit card from SBI and had to take the tough decision of cancelling it as there would always be a problem in the statements from them. In fact, getting through to their call-centre is almost like attaining nirvana. I took a letter from them saying that there are no dues pending in August 2007, but even today I keep getting their statements telling me that there are unpaid...

I refer to “Harassed by Tax Authorities” by Sucheta Dalal (MoneyLIFE, 22nd May). Strange are the ways of Service Tax Department, Delhi, and the finance minister must know how small service-providers, who are out of the ambit of Service Tax and wish to surrender their registration certificate, are being harassed by the receiving clerk at the Service Tax Department. He refused to accept it for...